Zowonjezera, zowonjezera, werengani zonse za izo ... koma mu ZNet yokha. Nazi nkhani zochepa chabe zaposachedwa zomwe sizinafotokozedwe kapena zosanenedwapo zokhudza Canada ndi Haiti.
Kodi mudawerenga mu pepala lanu kuti pakati pa Meyi, anthu a 250 adalimba mtima mvula yam'mawa Lamlungu kumzinda wa Montreal kuti athane ndi atsamunda aku Canada? Chiwonetserochi, pamapeto a msonkhano wa Land, Decolonization and Self Determination and molumikizana ndi chikumbutso cha tsiku la mbendera ya anthu a ku Haiti, adaitanidwa kuti asonyeze kugwirizana komwe kulipo pakati pa kupitirizabe kuwononga malo a aboriginal (ku Kanehsatake ndi Grassy Narrows mwachitsanzo) ndi Imperialism ya Canada ku Haiti. Kodi mudawona pa otsutsa anu pa TV akuimba kuti: 'Ufulu wachibadwidwe, ukuwukiridwa. Kodi timatani? Imirirani kulimbana ndi 'Canada kuchokera ku Haiti' pamene amavina ku zida za Caribbean?
Mawu enanso anali 'Masuleni akaidi a ndale ku Haiti' yomwe inali yofunika kwambiri pazandale pamene nduna yosankhidwa ya Haiti, Yvon Neptune, adagona pabedi lake la imfa atanyanyala njala kwa mwezi umodzi.
Koma zowonadi, mukangowerenga zoulutsira nkhani, simungadziwe kuti dziko la Canada likukhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi kumangidwa kwa Neptune (m'modzi mwa akaidi mazana ambiri omwe akuvutika m'ndende zaku Haiti). Bungwe lathu la boma lomwe likuyenera 'kuthandiza' mayiko osauka, bungwe la Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), linapereka ndalama zokwana madola 100,000 kuti lifufuze ndi kuimbidwa mlandu wa 'kupha anthu' kumene Neptune amamuganizira kuti ndi 'wolemba nzeru.' Vuto ndiloti, owonera paokha amati, panalibe kuphana. Malinga ndi Ronald St. Jean, wolemba buku lofotokoza za kupeka kwa La Scerie 'kupha,' ngati Neptune amwalira magazi ake amakhala m'manja mwa Canada.
Zachidziwikire kuti chiwonetsero cha Meyi 15 chinali chimodzi mwazolimbikitsana za Montreal, zomwe sizinanyalanyazidwe ndi atolankhani ambiri, motsutsana ndi ntchito yowononga ya Canada ku Haiti. Sabata yatha, ziwonetsero zomwe zidakonzedwa mwachangu za anthu 100 zidakumana ndi Nduna Yowona Zakunja a Pierre Pettigrew kuofesi yake pomwe milungu itatu m'mbuyomu anthu 150 adawonetsa kusakondwa kwawo ndi mlangizi wapadera waku Canada ku Haiti, ofesi ya Denis Coderre ku North Montreal.
Simungadziwe powerenga Globe ndi Mail kapena kumvetsera ku CBC, koma ambiri omwe ali kumanzere akuyamba kulankhula za momwe zinthu zilili ku Haiti mofanana ndi Iraq ndi Palestine - ntchito zonse zankhanza zomwe zapha anthu masauzande ambiri. Kukumbukira tsiku la mbendera la Haiti pa Meyi 18, magulu odana ndi anthu adachita zochitika kuyambira madontho a zikwangwani kupita ku zidziwitso zopita ku Vancouver, Ottawa, Halifax ndi padziko lonse lapansi. Zochitazo zinali zogwirizana ndi anthu masauzande ambiri omwe anapita m'misewu ya Port au Prince ndi mizinda ingapo kunja kwa likulu la Haiti.
Zinthu ku Haiti zafika poipa kwambiri moti magulu ambiri ochirikiza zigawenga, posachedwapa mabungwe a ophunzira omwe adafuna kuti Purezidenti Jean-Bertrand Aristide atule pansi udindo, tsopano akufuna kuchotsa nduna yayikulu Gerard Latortue. Ziri zoonekeratu, ngakhale kwa wongoyang'ana wamba, kuti zinthu zowononga kwambiri za anthu a ku Haiti zikubwezeretsa mphamvu zawo kumbuyo kwa mfuti za asilikali a UN. Kupita patsogolo kwenikweni kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu mu nthawi ya demokalase ya 1994-2004 ikutayidwa pambali. Kupititsa patsogolo kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake
Ndipo, mwa njira, Canada ndi m'modzi mwa osewera akulu omwe akubweretsa chisokonezo kwa anthu aku Haiti. Zonse m'dzina la 'thandizo,' kuthandiza 'dziko lolephera' ndi 'kusunga mtendere.'
Nzoipa bwanji?
Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa Meyi, omwe adayambitsa chiwembu choyipa cha Epulo 1994 cha 'Raboteau massacre,' pomwe omenyera ufulu wa demokalase ambiri adaphedwa, zomwe amakhulupirira zidathetsedwa. Uku kunali kubweza kwa atsogoleri akale a gulu lopha anthu chifukwa cha utsogoleri wawo mu zigawenga zomwe zidathandizira kuchotsa Aristide miyezi 15 yapitayo.
Pa Epulo 27 zikwizikwi za ziwonetsero zamtendere zotsutsana ndi ziwonetsero zidathamangitsidwa ndi apolisi aku Haiti (HNP) ndipo, malinga ndi Amnesty International, ochita ziwonetsero asanu ndi anayi adaphedwa. Makanema otsatirawa omwe adatumizidwa pa haitiaction.net akuwonetsa apolisi akubzala mfuti pambali pa wowonetsa wakufa. HNP yathamangitsa owonetsa osachepera kanayi ku Port Au Prince m'miyezi ingapo yapitayo; nthawi iliyonse amati ochita zionetsero anali ndi zida kapena zachiwawa.
Kuyambira pakati pa Epulo, Citรฉ Soleil, malo osanja akulu komanso osauka kwambiri mdziko muno, akhala ndende yeniyeni yokhala ndi malo ochezera a UN omwe amawongolera kuyenda ndi kutuluka. Ntchito yaposachedwa yankhondo ya UN ku Citรฉ idasiya 20 atamwalira kumapeto kwa sabata limodzi, malinga ndi akuluakulu a UN. Oimira anthu ku Citรฉ akuti chiwerengero chenicheni chinali 100, makamaka opanda zida, okhalamo. Zomwe zikuchitika ku Citรฉ Soleil ndizovuta kwambiri kotero kuti mogwirizana modabwitsa pa Epulo 20, ziwonetsero zikwizikwi zidaguba kuchokera kudera losauka la Bel Air kubweretsa matumba ampunga kwa anthu okhala ku Citรฉ.
Kuperewera kwa zakudya mโthupi kukuchulukirachulukira ku Haiti makamaka ku Citรฉ Soleil. Kusatetezedwa kwachiwopsezo kwakulanso chifukwa cha kukwera koopsa kwa kuba ndi kugwiriridwa - kugwiriridwa kochuluka ndi machitidwe opondereza a ndale omwe amachitira Lavalas (omwe adasankhidwa kale boma) kapena ana awo aakazi.
Nanga nโcifukwa ciani ciwawa ndi mavuto amenewa ku Haiti sakuululidwa mโmanyuzipepala a ku Canada? Kodi zitha kukhala kuti alonda a pazipata zama media athu samasuka kutiuza za mankhwalawa 'Made in Canada'?
Chowonadi chosasangalatsa ndichakuti boma la Liberal linali lofunikira kwambiri pantchito yosokoneza ndikugwetsa boma losankhidwa la Haiti. Boma lathu lidatenga nawo gawo pakubweza ngongole / thandizo, lidapatutsa ndalama kuchokera ku boma losankhidwa kupita ku bungwe lovomerezeka la 'civil society,' lidachita msonkhano wofunikira ndi France ndi US kukonzekera kugwa kwa Aristide ndikutumiza asitikali kuti 'ateteze' bwalo la ndege. zomwe Aristide anakakamizika kutuluka m'dziko lake.
Thandizo la Canada ku boma losakhalitsa lankhanza lakhala lalikulu kwambiri. Zimaphatikizapo kutumiza asilikali (tsopano apolisi), ndalama zambiri, kugwiritsa ntchito akuluakulu awiri apamwamba m'boma la de facto ndi chithandizo cha ndale, makamaka ulendo woyamba wa nduna yaikulu ya Canada kupita ku Haiti.
Ndipo manja aku Canada ku Haiti amadetsedwa tsiku lililonse. Nthawi zonse mkulu wina waku Canada akanena kuti amathandizira boma kapena wolankhulira apolisi a UN Civilian Police komanso mbadwa yaku BC, a Dan Moskaluk, alungamitsa apolisi aku Haiti kuwombera anthu ochita ziwonetsero, kulumikizana kwa Canada ku malo opha anthu ku Haiti kumamveka bwino.
Gawo loyamba poletsa izi ndi chidziwitso. Ndicho chifukwa chake kuli kofunika kwambiri kuti nkhaniyo imveke. Zili kwa ofalitsa ena kuti agwire ntchito yomwe ofalitsa ambiri sangagwire.
Yves Engler ndi mlembi (ndi Anthony Fenton) wa buku lomwe likubwera (August), Canada ku Haiti: Kumenya nkhondo ndi anthu osauka ambiri lofalitsidwa ndi RED/Fernwood.
Kuti mulowe nawo ku Canada Haiti Action Network listserv, imelo Kevin pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
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